ARE WE THAT ARROGANT TO THINK THAT WE ARE THE ONLY PLANET WITH LIFE IN THIS VAST UNIVERSE?
I attended the last lecture in the Templeton Lecture Series. George Ellis a Professor Emiritus of Applied Mathematics and Cosmologist spoke about possible intelligent life outside of earth. The presentation considererd what kind of social organization might be expected in an alien culture. Would they have language, families, schools, libraries, police? What technology might they have? Will they have cars, computers, cell phones, or the internet? Above all, what values will they have? Will they be religious in any way? The case was made that their mathematicians will understand mathematics much as we do, and that their more spiritually minded members will have discovered kenotic ethics as the deep basis for living, and that they will love music and beauty.
It's nice to think about other things besides Theatre....
posted by THE TUCSON FILES @ 9:52 PM
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I was abducted once by aliens. I've never spoken of it - it's difficult - but after the anal probe, they allowed me a glimpse of their extraterrestrial society. As it turns out, there's good news and bad news.
They are much, much smarter than us, and the arts they have developed are so far beyond ours it's hard to express. They have combined art with science and nature in such a way that their every artistic work cannot help but be the deepest expression of their complete souls. I wept countless times.
Unfortunately, they consider us dumber than a suitcase of stones and had planned to exterminate our entire planet before deciding that we're not worth the bother. However, their plan is to breed their DNA with our own in such a way that we will be entirely "outbred", Body Snatchers-style, within three years.
The positive spin is that we'll never know it's happening, except a slight itch behind the ear. Our dead souls will act as nutritional supplements for their children, and our entire history will be eradicated as the aliens create a universal master race in our stead.
They make really lousy coffee, though. They're gonna have to work on that.
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